>It's my understanding that a lot of banks in Asia are the same way now.
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>I am so fortunate that I lived and worked in England before this stuff became such a problem.

I will have to learn more about working out of USA in general I guess. For example, if yo make less than $106,000 overseas, you don't have to pay USA income tax on that... So what happens if you make $106,001 ?? Do you pay taxes on the $1 or the whole thing??? And I read conflicting stories about opening bank accounts in Thailand and other parts of Asia - some require you to have work-visa's, others don't - or sometimes don't.. If you didn't have an account at a local bank, then you're going to get hit with huge fees every time you use an ATM or try to get some local money.